Chapter 3: Fate
Although she was surprised, Gu Bainiang insisted even more, and the Cao family had to let her wash the dishes and chopsticks.
Leaving Gu Hai at home to accompany her, Cao Shi hurriedly went out.
When she saw Cao carefully bringing a bowl of water mixed with grass ash to her, Gu Banniang couldn't help but be a little excited.
Once again, she was thrilled to see what she had experienced reappearing before her eyes, and she was once again sure that she was truly reborn.
The memory of the past is magically clear, she was injured this time because she followed her brother up the mountain to fetch firewood, accidentally fell down the ravine and injured her head, asked the doctor to ask for medicine and spent a lot of money on the family, her mother Cao, who loved her, was worried that her daughter had lost her soul, and made a special trip to ask her to drink, and she drank this bowl of rune water, and began to vomit and diarrhea in the middle of the night and fell seriously ill, in order to treat her, her mother sold her only property now, that is, this shelter.
It was precisely because of the sale of the house that the mother had to take them to their relatives, and it all started here.
"Mother, I'm a little dizzy now, I'll drink it later." Gu Bainiang held her head and said in a low voice.
Cao Shi was startled, hurriedly put down the water bowl, probed her forehead, and carefully helped her lie down on the bed.
"You lie down, it's better to call your mother, and your mother will feed you." Cao Shi instructed two words, sat in front of the bed and accompanied her, holding shoes in his hands.
Seeing her mother sitting peacefully beside her, listening to her mother humming an unknown tune, and glancing at herself with concern from time to time, Gu Banniang's eyes were sour uncontrollably, and she closed her eyes.
"Eighteen mothers?" Cao Shi glanced at her and whispered.
Gu Bainiang was afraid that she would cry again when she opened her eyes, so she pretended to be asleep, Cao pulled the thin quilt up for her, touched her face lovingly, and then took the shoes in her hand, and a dragonfly on the upper gradually changed with her needlework.
"Sister-in-law of the Gu family. Sister-in-law of the Gu family..."
A loud voice sounded outside the door, Cao Shi was startled, put down his shoes, and stepped out in a few steps.
"It's coming... Aunt Liu, don't shout" Cao Shi lowered his voice and opened the door, "Eighteen Niang just slept..."
Gu Bainiang naturally didn't sleep, she opened her eyes, rubbed it, and listened to the low sound of conversation in the courtyard.
A clay vase was placed in front of the brass mirror, with a handful of tender willows inserted, Gu Bainiang poured the talisman water into the clay vase, and looked into the courtyard through the pane.
A fat woman wearing a short red waist skirt of the same color was talking lively, although her voice was lowered under Cao's reminder, there were still some transmissions into Gu Bainiang's ears.
“…… Zhang Dahu, this is already a high price......"
"Oh, Gu family lady, where can you sell this house for a hundred taels of silver....."
“…… You're not facing the street here..... you're in the back of the alley....is... Be... I know it's your family's ancestral property...... But no matter how old the ancestral property is, it's also dilapidated, isn't it? ”
Gu Bainiang's heart beat faster when she heard it, and she was about to sell the house.....
The conversation in the courtyard ended quickly, and the Cao family personally sent Aunt Liu out.
“.. I said Gu family lady, you can decide ..... quickly" Aunt Liu instructed again before going out.
Cao nodded, "I know, thank you for your trouble..."
"This is not the outside....neighbors....Seeing that your orphans and widows are having a hard time, I feel bad...."Aunt Liu touched her tears when she said this.
Cao Shi was said to be sad, and he also wiped his tears.
Gu Bainiang stood in front of the window, a hint of ridicule appeared on her lips, now she is no longer a thirteen-year-old child, she has ten more years of life experience, she has seen human feelings and intrigues in the past ten years, where did Aunt Liu's small heart escape her eyes.
Aunt Liu is only afraid that it will be very good, their house....
Gu Bainiang looked around the small yard through the pane, this house was left to them by her grandfather, although it was small, the layout was excellent, and now that her father was gone, there were not a few people who coveted their house.
It is absolutely not allowed to be sold, Gu Banniang clenched her fists, and she will never allow the reappearance of the fate of the sender, but what is she going to do?
Cao also glanced around the house in the courtyard, sighed faintly, and gently pushed the door open, only to see his daughter standing by the window, with a small shallow brow clustered together.
"But woke you up?" Cao Shi smiled, his eyes fell on the empty bowl on the table, "Drunk?" ”
Gu Bainiang nodded, and the Cao family did not doubt him, and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Where's my brother? Went to school? Gu Bainiang asked casually, looking around the courtyard.
A trace of guilt and self-blame flashed on Cao's face, and he sighed, "Your brother ..... go to fetch firewood..."
As a descendant of scholars, Gu Hai is naturally the same as his father, he wants to study in order to enter the office, he studied with Gu's father when he was a child, and later when he grew up, Gu's father repeatedly failed, although he was repeatedly defeated and defeated, but he also knew that his talent was not high, and he was afraid that his son's study would be delayed, so he handed him over Shu Xiu and went to study in the school hall in the county, and there was a famous scholar in the school.
After the death of Gu's father, the life of the family became more and more difficult, and Gu Hai became more and more unwilling to study, from occasionally going to collect firewood after school to subsidize the family, to collecting firewood once every three days, after arriving at the clan, because of the homework pulled down a lot, he was ridiculed by the children of the clan, causing Gu Hai to dislike reading, and finally gave up going to school completely.
For children from poor families like them, there is no other better way to go except to study and enter the profession.
Gu Bainiang bit her lower lip.
"I'm back." Gu Hai's voice sounded outside, "Mother, open the door." ”
Cao Shi hurriedly walked out and opened the door, Gu Hai walked in with a bundle of firewood on his back and sweating profusely, and he put his short coat on the pyre, wearing only his underwear.
"Brother, drink water." Gu Bainiang walked up to him with water.
This is the first time to drink the water sent by his sister, Gu Hai grinned, and hurriedly took the water and drank it in one go, obviously very thirsty, Cao Shi was distressed watching from the sidelines, twisted his face and wiped his tears.
"Mother, yesterday's firewood was sold for ten cents!" Gu Hai didn't pay attention to her movements, and excitedly took out the money and handed it over.
Cao Shi hurriedly took it and praised him with tears in his eyes.
“… I'm going to sell these tomorrow, you can't miss your homework again..."Cao's heart naturally hoped that his son would study, and he didn't forget to instruct, "... I'm just afraid that I will be angry...."
This is the most money he has ever made since he sold firewood, and the excitement of contributing to the family occupied all his thoughts, hearing his mother say this, Gu Hai immediately said nonchalantly: "I can't be mistaken, these days are all about linguistics, my father has already taught me, and I feel very verbose to listen to it again..."
"Brother.." Gu Bainiang suddenly interjected, "Zi said that he learned and learned from time to time, didn't he also say, my father taught you, and my husband taught you again, shouldn't you be happier?" ”
Gu Hai was choked, looked at his sister's shining eyes, and scratched his head a little unnaturally, "That.. That one... I didn't mean that, I was going to go..."
Seeing that her daughter said something to her son, Cao not only smiled slightly, but also was a little surprised, surprised not that her daughter knew the Analects, her husband taught her daughter to read when she was alive, and because she was weak, she didn't learn to be popular, all her free time was spent reading books, and she was surprised that her daughter's behavior.
Eighteen Niang has a soft temperament, she does whatever others say, she has never taken the initiative to express her opinions, and now she knows how to persuade her brother to study.
It is said that only those who have experienced hardships can grow up, the son knows how to collect firewood to subsidize the family, and the daughter also knows how to care for her brother....
The Cao family lowered his head and quietly wiped away his tears, the life at home is really difficult, if it goes on like this, Gu Hai's book will not be able to read sooner or later, it is better to look back at the family and relatives, and protect the people, and the children will have a good future in the future.
"Brother Hai, Eighteen Niang, let's go back to Jiankang." Cao Shi stroked the children's shoulders, hugged his son and daughter to his side and said.
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